Most of the collection consists of photographs of person, mountains, equipment, and aircraft used in the expedition to recover bodies from the C-A1 of the ATC which crashed in the Mount McKinley region, circa 1944.
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5 maps on one sheet. Engraved for Millar's New complete & universal system of geography. Components: Chart of the new Northern Archipelago; discover'd by the Russians in the seas of Kamtschatka & Anadir -- Chart of the Canary Isles &c. -- Chart...

5 maps on one sheet. Relief shown pictorially. "Engraved for Millar's New Complete & Universal System of Geography." Components: Chart of the new northern archipelago, discovered by the Russians in the seas of Kamtschatka & Anadir -- Chart of...

Possibly the earliest of published maps of the Nome, Alaska, gold fields, consisting of 4 maps on one sheet. Published copy of hand drawn sketch maps complete with original misspellings, showing creeks and topography of the Cape Nome gold fields. ...

Title from verso.Two men stand with tents along a ridge on Amchitka Island.Verso reads:"Silhouetted against leaden sea and sky, two American servicemen stand on the snow-covered ground of Amchitka Island occupied jointly by Army and...

Title from verso.Photograph of U.S. troops advancing on Holtz Bay on Attu Island."Attu Island -- When American forces landed on Attu Island early last May at two points, Massacre Bay, and north of Holtz Bay, the Jap [ Japanese ] garrison on...

Title from verso.Photograph of a camp during the advance across Attu Island. Verso reads:"As Americans advanced on Holtz Bay.""Attu Island--When American forces landed on Attu Island early last May at two points, Massacre Bay, and...

Title from verso.Photograph of men waiting for a lull in the fighting to advance. Verso reads:""Attu Island -- When American forces landed on Attu Island early last May at two points, Massacre Bay, and north of Holtz Bay, the Jap [...

Title from verso. Photograph of a soldier taking cover behind rocks. Verso reads:"As Americans advanced on Holtz Bay. Attu Island -- When American forces landed on Attu Island early last May at two points, Massacre Bay, and north of...

Title from verso.Photograph of soldiers carrying ammunition from a protected position.Verso reads:"Attu Island -- When American forces landed on Attu Island early last May at two points, Massacre Bay, and north of Holtz Bay, the Jap [...

Title and caption taken from verso of UAF-1970-11-51, from which this image differs only slightly. Photograph of soldiers carrying ammunition from a protected position.Verso reads:"Attu Island -- When American forces landed on Attu...

Title from verso.Photograph of a Japanese graveyard on Attu Island. Verso reads:"An American doughboy looks at a tiny Japanese graveyard found on Attu when he reached the west arm of Holtz Valley after a drive over the mountains to...